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Use of alertness drug modafinil takes off, spurred by untested uses
In up-all-night, work-work-work America, a prescription medication like modafinil was sure to make major inroads from the get-go. And, whether you call this novel stay-awake drug by its commercial names -- Provigil and Nuvigil -- or by its plain-Jane...
Tags: Justice System, Sleep Apnea, Drugs and Medicines, Crime, Law and Justice, Alprazolam (drug)
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FACTBOX-Valeant's deal-machine stays on overdrive mode
ReutersApril 29 (Reuters) - Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc continued to focus on acquisitions under Chief Executive Michael Pearson, a former McKinsey & Co director even though talks on a merger with U.S.-based Actavis Inc stalled last week....Tags: Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation, Drugs and Medicines, Science and Technology, Biovail Corporation, Pharmaceuticals
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'Off-label' use of anti-drowsiness drug skyrockets
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of Americans taking the narcolepsy and shift work sleep disorder drug modafinil has increased almost 10-fold over the past decade, according to a new study. What's more, the majority of those prescriptions were...Tags: Health Treatments, Internal Medicine, Sleep Apnea, Symptoms, Drugs and Medicines
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Drug companies pay $25 million to Illinois doctors
At least three dozen doctors in Illinois received payments and perks exceeding $100,000 from drug companies between 2009 and early 2011, according to an updated database that now includes information from a dozen pharmaceutical firms.
Doctors in the...Tags: Finance, Medical Procedures and Tests, Rush University Medical Center, Merck & Company Incorporated, Trips and Vacations
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Doctor-drug company database adds to confusion for consumers
Last week, after the launch of a new database detailing doctors' financial ties with drug companies, Dr. Daniel Carlat sat at his computer and began searching for information about colleagues.
He found several doctors who had potentially compromising...Tags: Harvard Medical School, Merck & Company Incorporated, Drugs and Medicines, Lilly Eli & Co, Columbia University
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Doctors draw payments from drug companies
Follow drug company money in Illinois, and it leads to the psychiatry department at Rush University Medical Center, a prominent headache clinic on the North Side of Chicago, a busy suburban urology practice and a psychiatric hospital accused of...Tags: Eric Campbell, Psychiatry, Instrument Engineering, Harvard Medical School, Merck & Company Incorporated
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FDA chastises drug companies for eyebrow-raising claims
Booster ShotsEvery so often, the FDA has to slap the wrists of drug companies for … well, pretty much everything. On the naughty list this week were several companies that the FDA didn’t feel presented the whole truth and nothing but...... -
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Chicago TribuneMonday: -- Institute for Supply Management services index -- Earnings: Activision Inc.; Anadarko Petroleum Corp.; Burger King Holdings Inc.; Cardinal Health Inc.; Career Education Corp.; Dun & Bradstreet Corp.; Entergy Corp.; Forest Oil Corp.; Sysco Corp....Tags: Liberty Media Corporation, Foods and Beverages, Pioneer Natural Resources Company, Toll Brothers Inc, Mirant Corporation
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